The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Advocacy Project

Registered charity 1084106 Registered since 2000

Operates: Throughout London

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

3.7y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5Disability 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 9Other services 1Professional services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.2 in 2021

56 from 59 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
98%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.advocacyproject.org.uk
EmailKatherine.Shaw@advocacyproject.org.uk
Phone02089693000
AddressThe Advocacy Project, The Stowe Centre, 258 Harrow Road, LONDON, W2 5ES

Finances

£2,923,713 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,259,864£2,244,833
2022£2,533,425£2,449,198
2023£2,737,805£2,791,500
2024£2,436,531£2,272,678
2025£2,923,713£2,595,091

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED IS TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF OF ALL PERSONS IN NEED WHETHER BY REASON OF THEIR LEARNING DISABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH, AGE, YOUTH, PHYSICAL DISABILITY, VISUAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AND/OR BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF SUCH COMMUNITIES, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY THE PROVISION OF, OR SUPPORTING THE PROVISION OF: 3.1 ADVOCACY, ADVICE, EDUCATION, TRAINING, COUNSELLING AND/OR PEER TO PEER MENTORING; 3.2 OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND IMPROVE LIFE SKILLS; 3.3 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; AND/OR ALSO BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/06/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10/08/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01/10/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 FEB 2018 as amended on 30 Oct 2025

Trustees (7)

6trustees
57median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Advocacy Project · 04018315 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 15/06/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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